[WEB4LIB] Cheap NT schedule software

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At the URL below you can find wincron.  This is one of least two programs named
wincron.  I just found this one this very morning before reading your request so I
can't verify its reliability yet but it is freeware.  I created a batch file that
copies all of the html documents from one NT server to a backup NT server.  The
backup NT Server has a permanent  mapping to a drive on the first so the batch
file is as follows:
xcopy  G:\Netscape\server\docs\*.*  D:\Netscape\Suitespot\docs\*.*  /E /H /R /K

URL:
http://pw1.netcom.com/~wc/wincron.html

The fields are as follows:
  1.  Minute
  2.  Hour
  3.  Day of Month
  4.  Month
  5.  Day of week (0 being Sunday),
  6.  The instruction you wish to execute.
Example entry:
01    01     01    *    *    c:\batch\cleanup.bat


WinCron was written in Visual Basic 4.0 (32 bit version) and requires
standard VB libraries (VB40032.dll).

Thomas



Glen Davies wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is anybody using a good/cheap (hard to match both criteria I know!)
> NT scheduling package that will allow multiple scheduling of
> apps/batch files etc based on time/day/month eg
>
> at 2:00pm on 15 August c:\bats\trash.bat
> at 3:00pm on 18 August c:\bats\joe.bat
>
> Reason being -
> We have two proxies running, one with full access and one with
> intranet only  and we have written a perl script which sends a proxy
> autoconfig file to our lab machines. If it is after 7:00 pm, or
> Sat/Sun, they get pointed to the full access proxy, otherwise they get pointed
> to the restricted access proxy. If somebody books a lab for an
> internet class we want to schedule a batch file to over-write a .cfg
> file for that lab which tells the perl script to send the full access
> proxy .pac file.
>
> AT and WinAT only  allow  a certain day of the week or a certain day
> each month, they don't seem to have an option to specify
> time/day/month.
>
> Thanks
> Regards
> Glen
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> Glen Davies
> IT Librarian
> Christchurch College of Education
> Dovedale Ave
> Christchurch
> Ph. 64-3-343 7737
> glen at rimu.cce.ac.nz
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